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• oriental food:: n. Hackers display an intense tropism towards oriental cuisine, especially Chinese, and especially of the spicier varieties such as Szechuan and Hunan.
  This phenomenon (which has also been observed in subcultures that overlap heavily with hackerdom, most notably science-fiction fandom) has never been satisfactorily explained, but is sufficiently intense that one can assume the target of a hackish dinner expedition to be the best local Chinese place and be right at least three times out of four....
• eophilia: /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n. The trait of being excited and pleased by novelty.
  Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan underground....
• fuel up: vi. To eat or drink hurriedly in order to get back to hacking.
  Food-p?" "Yeah, let's fuel up." "Time for a {great-wall}!...
• oriental food n. Hackers display an intense tropism towards oriental cuisine, especially Chinese, and especially of the spicier varieties such as Szechuan and Hunan.
  This phenomenon (which has also been observed in subcultures that overlap heavily with hackerdom, most notably science-fiction fandom) has never been satisfactorily explained, but is sufficiently intense that one can assume the target of a hackish dinner expedition to be the best local Chinese place and be right at least three times out of four....
• eophilia /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n. The trait of being excited and pleased by novelty.
  Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan underground....
• zapped: adj. Spicy. This term is used to distinguish between food that is hot (in temperature) and food that is *spicy*-hot.
  For example, the Chinese appetizer Bon Bon Chicken is a kind of chicken salad that is cold but zapped...
• great-wall: [from SF fandom] vi.,n. A mass expedition to an oriental restaurant, esp.
  one where food is served family-style and shared....
• zap: 1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy. 3.
  vt. To make someone `suffer' by making his food spicy....
• Ceremonial Chemicals: Most hackers don't smoke tobacco
  and use alcohol in moderation if at all (though there is a visible contingent of exotic-beer fanciers, and a few hackers are serious oenophiles)....